# Fragment of the Sphinx's beard (British Museum EA58)

> Limestone, 78.7 by 51.5 by 38 cm, part of a plaited divine beard. The British Museum dates it to the 18th Dynasty, as part of Thutmose IV's restoration…

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# Fragment of the Sphinx's beard (British Museum EA58)

Objectsee the museum's image termsCatalogued as 18th Dynasty

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA58).

Limestone, 78.7 by 51.5 by 38 cm, part of a plaited divine beard. The British Museum dates it to the 18th Dynasty, as part of Thutmose IV's restoration; Digital Giza files the Cairo fragments under Dynasty 4, and the Wikipedia summary holds that the beard was original and reassembled. Which is right bears on the head-recarving question.

British Museum, 1817. see the museum's image terms

## Copies 1

**Photo** British Museum · britishmuseum.org · see the museum's image termsPrimary source: [Part of the limestone beard of the Sphinx at Giza (EA58)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTWRZJ05YN0/part-of-the-limestone-beard-of-the-sphinx-at-giza-ea58)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA58)

## Where it is kept

[British Museum, London](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTWS2ZC5P8W/british-museum-london) · Museum

## Sources 1

- [Part of the limestone beard of the Sphinx at Giza (EA58)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTWRZJ05YN0/part-of-the-limestone-beard-of-the-sphinx-at-giza-ea58)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Fragment of the Sphinx's beard (British Museum EA58) [Artifact ART0CTWT1840B4S]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CTWT1840B4S
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Key

**ART** 0CTWT1840B4S

Kind

Object

Held by

British Museum, London (Room 4)

Dated

catalogued as 18th Dynasty; recovered by Caviglia in 1817 to 1818 and given to the museum in 1818

Licence

see the museum's image terms

Place

[British Museum, London](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTWS2ZC5P8W/british-museum-london)

Part of

[Great Sphinx of Giza](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-sphinx)

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